Performance-Based Ratemaking

Crowley, Wang, and Romanovs-Malovrh Report on Utility Remuneration and PIMs for the Ontario Energy Board

Categories: Innovative Electricity Pricing, Performance-Based Ratemaking, Rate Design

November 13, 2024 - Nicholas Crowley, Sherry Wang, and Andis Romanovs-Malovrh

A CA Energy Consulting project team authored a jurisdictional review of utility remuneration models for the Ontario Energy Board.

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CA Energy Consulting Experts Speak at Edison Electric Institute Electric Rates Course

Categories: Cost-of-Service, Innovative Electricity Pricing, Performance-Based Ratemaking, Rate Design

July 31, 2024 - Bruce Chapman, Dan Hansen, Michael Ty Clark, and Nicholas Crowley

Four experts from CA Energy Consulting presented at the 2024 Edison Electric Institute Electric Rates Course on issues related to costing, pricing, and incentive regulation.

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Crowley and McLeod Analyze Distribution Utility Costs

Categories: Cost of Capital, Cost-of-Service, Performance-Based Ratemaking

April 23, 2024 - Nicholas Crowley and Dan McLeod

Analysis by Mr. Nicholas Crowley and Dr. Daniel McLeod finds that consumer prices for electricity have increased substantially since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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CA Energy Consulting Files Expert Testimony in New Hampshire

Categories: Performance-Based Ratemaking, Rate Design

December 13, 2023 - Nicholas Crowley and Michael Ty Clark

In December 2023, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting experts Nick Crowley and Mike Clark filed testimony on behalf of the New Hampshire Department of Energy to assist in the review of a utility rate application.

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Third Generation Performance-Based Regulation for Alberta’s Distribution Utilities

Categories: Performance-Based Ratemaking

January 20, 2023 - Mark Meitzen and Nicholas Crowley

In January 2023, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting experts Mark Meitzen and Nick Crowley filed testimony on behalf of EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, Inc., related to the company’s third generation performance-based regulation framework.

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Eversource Energy Begins Second Generation of Performance-Based Regulation

Categories: Performance-Based Ratemaking

November 30, 2022 - Mark Meitzen and Nicholas Crowley

The Department of Public Utilities in Massachusetts recently approved a second generation performance-based regulation proposal by Eversource Energy, continuing incentive regulation in the state of Massachusetts.

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Crowley and Meitzen Measure the Price Impact of Price-Cap Regulation

Categories: Performance-Based Ratemaking

October 14, 2021 - Nicholas Crowley and Mark Meitzen

In October 2021, the journal Utilities Policy published Nick Crowley and Mark Meitzen’s paper “Measuring the price impact of price-cap regulation among Canadian electricity distribution utilities.”

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Christensen Associates Helps Eversource Companies Win Performance-Based Ratemaking Plans

Categories: Innovative Electricity Pricing, Performance-Based Ratemaking

November 30, 2017 - Mark Meitzen

On November 30, 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities accepted a proposed five-year performance-based ratemaking mechanism for NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Eversource).

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The Alphabet of PBR in Electric Power: Why X Does Not Tell the Whole Story

Categories: Performance-Based Ratemaking

September 22, 2017 - Mark Meitzen

Mark Meitzen and Phil Schoech teamed with Dennis Weisman, Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, to write the forthcoming piece “The Alphabet of PBR in Electric Power: Why X Does Not Tell the Whole Story.”

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